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Seat-sharing talks between RJD and Cong hit roadblock

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September 16, 2025

Fissures have begun to appear within the Opposition INDIA bloc in Bihar, especially between its two key constituents -the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) -over seatsharing arrangements and the projection of the alliance's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly polls.

- Sanjeev K Jha and Subhash Pathak

While the Congress, buoyed by people's response to the Rahul Gandhi-led Voter Adhikar Yatra, has pushed for 70 assembly seats-the same number it had contested in the 2020 state polls, when it managed to win only 19-in the upcoming polls slated for October-November this year, the RJD appears unwilling to concede, people privy to the matter said.

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